Now I think DD2 has done something really bad to her arm...

[clutteredup]

DS was playing with DD2, 18 mo, by pulling her arms to make her sit up and then dropping her onto the beanbag - i have just got this information out of him after a long denial he knew anything about her screaming. She was inconsolable - v unlike her - so i gave her calpol and looked her over. She's hurt her arm as she's not using it and even if i touch it gently it hurts.
i managed to calm her down and put her down (gently!) on her beanbag about half and hour ago and now she's gone to sleep. this again is unlike her, she never falls asleep in the sitting room and has already had her nap this morning. She did have her MMR yesterday so it might just be she's sleepy because of that, she was doing tired stuff before she got hurt - or do you think its broken? Do children get drwsy when they break something?
Its pouring with rain so I don't want to drag all 3 DC out in it unless really necessary. Sorry I'm such a worrier.

glad she's ok.

Once it's been pulled once, it is quite likely it will happen again, apparently, because it isn't as well "set" inside the joint.

But dd1 never pulled hers again. She's 14 now, and I think if she hasn't pulled it out yet, she's not going to.

Of course i never yanked her up by her arms, but other than making sure of that I wasn't particularly careful I don't think.

cluttered - coming a bit late this but I dislocated DS#1's shoulder when he was about 2yrs old. My excuse was that it was that or let him run in front of a car on a wet road . It happens. Easily. His shoulder went back on it's own too after seeing the triage nurse and before seeing a doctor.

Once it has happened before it is more likely to happen again, not yet with my DD. Glad she is okay. Pleased I was right for once! at me as usually wrong.